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Eileen G'Sell's cultural criticism and poetry have been featured in Flavorpill, Belt Magazine, DIAGRAM, the Boston Review, and Conduit, among other publications. She is Film & Media editor at The Rumpus and she teaches writing, film, and poetry at Washington University in St. Louis.

The Lobster

Your wedding season anxiety antidote: The weird, wild, unlikely romance of "The Lobster" Eileen G'Sell

Zootopia

“Zootopia” in the Year of Trump: The parallels between a Disney cartoon and the 2016 election continue to surprise Eileen G'Sell

The Witch

A "final girl" who gets to get off: "The Witch" proves nothing's scarier than an unapologetically liberated young woman Eileen G'Sell

The sinister seduction of "Cherry Wine": Domestic violence, filtered through a soft Instagram gloss Eileen G'Sell

Leonardo DiCaprio

The evolution of Leo: His punishing, paternal "Revenant" is the penance that will erase his party-boy past Eileen G'Sell

Eddie Redmayne

"The Danish Girl’s" ersatz Oscar bait: Academy can pat self on back for Eddie Redmayne's undeserved nomination Eileen G'Sell

Joy

"Joy," the neoliberal fairy tale: Not even populist princess Jennifer Lawrence could redeem the movie's toxic brand of lone-wolf feminism Eileen G'Sell

Cate Blanchett

Cate Blanchett's cocky elegance: As Queen Elizabeth, Bob Dylan or a closeted '50s housewife, her on-screen seductions are anything but sweet Eileen G'Sell

Peggy Guggenheim

Before Amy Schumer and her "160 pounds and can catch a d*ck" swagger, this sex-positive iconoclast made her art-world mark Eileen G'Sell

The Intern

So wait, millennials aren't the enemy? From "The Intern" to "Grandma," the threat of looming intergenerational war has been greatly exaggerated Eileen G'Sell

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

The sexy '70s, re-imagined now: The empowering seduction of "The Diary of a Teenage Girl," a coming-of-age fantasy that couldn't be set today Eileen G'Sell

Anna Kendrick, Amy Schumer, Lana Del Rey

The "hot mess" humblebrag: Successful white women still love to pretend their lives are in shambles Eileen G'Sell

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